RPC VII.2, 3372

 

Image of specimen #5

 

Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3372
Province Cappadocia
Region Cappadocia
City Caesarea
Reign Gordian III
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Augustus)
Issue Year Ɛ = 5
Dating AD 242
Obverse inscription ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕ
Edition Αὐ(τοκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀντ(ώνιος) Γορδιανὸς Σε(βαστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΑΙϹ(Α) Β Ν(Ε), ΕΤ Ε
Edition Μητρο(πόλεως) Καισα(ρίας) βʹ νε(ωκοροῦ) ἔτ(ους) εʹ
Translation of the metropolis of Caesarea, twice neocorate, of year 5
Reverse design view of Mount Argaeus; to left and right, pellet
Metal silver
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 5.16 g
Axis 12
Reference Ganschow 897c–e; Bland 1991a, 63–4; Bland 1996, 63A
Specimens 6 (0 in the core collections)
Note Rev. legend reads ΚΑΙϹ Β Ν (Ganschow 897c; Bland 1996, 63A), ΚΑΙϹ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 897d; Bland 1991a, 63) or ΚΑΙϹΑ Β ΝƐ (Ganschow 897e; Bland 1991a, 64).
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     Yale: 2001.87.11550 Bland 1996, 63.2
2 2     B. Michaux coll. = Ganschow 897e
3 3     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1297 = Bland 1996, 63.3
4 4     CNG MBS 33, 15 Mar. 1995, lot 1298 = Bland 1996, 63A
5 5     ✸ Gorny & Mosch 142, 10 Oct. 2005, lot 2055 = Rauch 41, 1988, lot 959 = Bland 1991a, 63.1
6 6     Malloy 27, 17 March 1989, lot 303 = CNG MBS 29, 30 March 1994, lot 979 = CNG 54, 14 June 2000, lot 1169 = Ganschow 897e